What Does "¿Cómo Está Usted?" Mean? Lección de Spanishdict.
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Quick answer.
- ¿Cómo está
usted?=
How are you? (formal)
The use of usted is optional. You can also just say ¿Cómo está?. (How are you?)
Check out some examples below.
- Hola, señor. ¿Cómo está usted?
Hello, sir. How are you?
- ¿Cómo está, señora? - Bien, joven. ¿Y tú?
How are you, ma'am? - Good, young man. And you?
Keep in mind that ¿Cómo está usted? is formal. If you're talking to someone the same age as you or younger, you should use ¿Cómo estás?is formal. If you're talking to someone the same age as you or younger, you should use *¿Cómo estás?
Check out some examples below:
- Hola, amigo. ¿Cómo estás?
Hello, buddy. How are you?
- Hola, hermanito, ¿cómo te va? - Bien. ¿Cómo estás?
Hey little brother. How's it going? - Going well. How are you?
Check our article on the different ways to say you in Spanish for more information.
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updated May 29, 2017
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Typo amigo - Lacción de Spanishdict. - ian-hill, May 26, 2017
Oooops ! Thanks mate new glasses need methinks . - ray76, May 27, 2017
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¿Qué onda güey?
Owyagoin, mate?
(A little Australexican here.)
updated May 28, 2017
posted by Daniela2041
Do I need to translate the Aussie talk into English? - Daniela2041, May 28, 2017
You have earned your gum leaf stripes mate ,a true blue Aussie sheila. - ray76, May 28, 2017
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Try some sentences using the lists provided.
updated May 26, 2017
posted by ray76
